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“Wilted Rose”
The Vanity Project
Intro: Am F G C – G – Am F G Em
Am F G C – G – Am F G Em
I almost cried on the day my country died; I almost tried to care.
They built a wall to protect them from us all; we should have left them there.
Am – G – C Dm G Am – G – C Dm E
Rev o lution is the first to go; the rest is forced to stay…
A D E F#m Bm D E
Shall I cast this out, this wilted rose? Yeah, yeah, yeah — no, no, no.
Like Pierre Trudeau’s walk out in the snow, can it be time to leave?
I spent my youth thinking people spoke the truth; now it’s hard to think.
Was I naive to say I do believe that none of us should sink?
They sold us out, and they sold us short. And we’re the ones who’ll have to pay…
Shall I cast this out, this wilted rose? Yeah, yeah, yeah — no, no, no.
Like Pierre Trudeau’s walk out in the snow, can it be time to leave?
E Am F G C G Am F G Em
Don’t go; you know, it’s all the same to me these days, I swear it’s hard to care.
SOLO: over intro chords
Revolution is the first to go; the rest is forced to stay…
Shall I cast this out, this wilted rose? Yeah, yeah, yeah — no, no, no.
Like Pierre Trudeau’s walk out in the snow, can it be time to leave?
Shall I cast this out, this wilted rose? Yeah, yeah, yeah — no, no, no.
Like Pierre Trudeau’s walk out in the snow, can it be time to leave?
Don’t go; you know, it’s all the same to me these days, I swear it’s hard to care.
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